Plot
Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made high school hell for generations of students.
Release Year: 2007
Rating: 5.1/10 (18,303 voted)
Critic's Score: 41/100
Director:
Craig Gillespie
Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott, Susan Sarandon
Storyline Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made high school hell for generations of students.
Writers: Michael Carnes, Josh Gilbert
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton
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Jasper Woodcock
Seann William Scott
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John Farley
Susan Sarandon
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Beverly Farley
Amy Poehler
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Maggie
Melissa Sagemiller
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Tracy
Ethan Suplee
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Nedderman
Jacob Davich
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Nedderman's Brother
Kyley Baldridge
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Young Farley
Alec George
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Young Nedderman
Joseph Michael Sargent
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Young Watson
M.C. Gainey
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Hal - Barber #1
Brent Briscoe
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Barber #2
Dave Kuhr
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Bookish Guy
Lisa K. Wyatt
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Housewife
Kurt Fuller
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Councilman Luke
Opening Weekend: $8,761,369
(USA)
(16 September 2007)
(2231 Screens)
Gross: $25,628,629
(USA)
(4 November 2007)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
USA:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The Ramona Dynasty Band from Riverside California was featured as the local high school marching band in 2 scenes.
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes:
When John slips off the treadmill, he smashes into the weightlifters. Yet when that happens, a few of them bend where John hits them.
Quotes: John Farley:
Lets go, Woodcock. Mr. Woodcock:
You must like getting spanked, Farley. I guess it runs in the family.
User Review
More mediocre comedy from Thornton-on-autopilot
Rating: 4/10
Like last year's School for Scoundrels, Woodcock is yet another movie
in which Billy Bob Thornton plays a violent dick (no pun intended) and
fails to be anywhere near as funny as he should be, thanks to a sloppy,
almost laugh-less script. To make matters worse, he's not the only
comedian whose considerable talents are wasted on this predictable
mess; Ethan Suplee and Seann William Scott, two of the funniest men
alive, have nearly nothing to do with their characters. Speaking of
predictability, here's a cliché for you: Seen the trailer? Then you've
seen the movie. Just about every truly funny part was crammed into the
commercials.
I love Bad Santa and all, but it has really done more harm than good
seeing as another Thornton-acts-like-a-sociopath-and-gets-away-with-it
"comedy" gets released every year. He is an amazing actor and totally
wasted on these forgettable carbon copies. I'm not denying that I
laughed a couple of times ('cause let's face it, Thornton abusing kids
is funny by default) but in the end Woodcock is just a half-baked
comedy-drama which is neither hilarious nor touching.
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